The Abominable SnowMN

What if somebody broke into the MIA and put a big mustache on the Rembrandt--isn't that the same thing? "Well, then we would have a felony burglary charge, because somebody entered a building with the intent to commit a crime." What about this "interactive art" phenomenon? Could that sway the mercy of the court?

"We wouldn't charge that criminally. Not unless it damaged the art itself. If you put a rubber nose and glasses on a SnowMN? It may be questionable judgment, or even questionable humor, but nah, that's not a crime."

The love child of Casper and the Michelin Man? The invasion prototype for the SnowMN

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